Ave Maria Offers an Abundance of Educational Opportunities

Public education gets very good grades at Ave Maria, as you’ll find many A-rated public schools nearby. Students who live in Ave Maria attending Collier County Public Schools are zoned for Estates Elementary School, Corkscrew Middle School and Palmetto Ridge High School on connecting Oil Well Road. Children are picked up and dropped off daily at convenient locations within the community. Visit the Collier County Public Schools for more information. Future plans call for an elementary and middle school to be constructed in the town of Ave Maria.

Within Ave Maria itself are several private schools including Ave Maria Montessori which caters to toddler (ages 1-3), children (ages 3-6), and elementary (ages 6-12), who are cared for in the noted warm and stimulating atmosphere for which Montessori is so well known. The Rhodora J. Donahue Academy is a parochial school for grades K-12 delivering a classical education based on the Trivium and Liberal Arts. Established in 2007, the Donahue Academy is a co-educational college preparatory school with over 240 students and was named one of the top 50 Catholic High Schools in the U.S.. Ave International School is a progressive preschool providing quality educational academic experiences inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach. This early childhood program utilizes a child-centered, inquiry-based approach to learning. Ave International School offers a unique language immersion program, providing children the opportunity to build a foundation for bi-literacy in one of the three languages: Mandarin, Spanish or French.

For higher education, Ave Maria University, founded by Tom Monaghan of the Domino’s Pizza fame, is an accredited institution offering one of the finest classical liberal arts curricula in the area, as well as specialized study in all of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The university’s superb faculty, challenging curriculum, professional staff, and a student community where it is easy to form lasting friendships, provide graduates with a training that empowers them to step out into the working world as future leaders, with a solid understanding of contemporary challenges, and a strong confidence in their own intellectual training and foundation. Offering 29 majors, 23 minors, Master of Arts (M.A.) in Theology and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Theology.